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O'Toole - Kinsealy should be public amenity

Commenting on the sale of the Abbeville Estate at Kinsealy, Sinn Féin
Councillor Larry O'Toole has called on Fingal County Council not to
re-zone the land for housing and to ensure that it remains part of the
green belt and an amenity for local people.

Cllr. O'Toole lives in the neighbouring Darndale housing estate and
represents the Artane ward on Dublin City Council, which borders the
Kinsealy lands. He said:

"The Abbeville estate should not become either a so-called 'exclusive'
housing estate, with prices far beyond the reach of ordinary working
people, or a golf club for the elite. For too long it has been a
millionaire's playground. It should now become an amenity for the
communities who bore the brunt of economic recession while the owner of
Kinsealy enriched himself at our expense.

"The proposal for up to 4,000 houses on this site would be a disaster for
this part of North Dublin. Already there is a massive housing development
planned for the 'North Fringe' with up to 8,000 homes stretching from the
Malahide Road to Baldoyle."ENDS